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GOODWILL GAMES; O'Neil, Wichell Win

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Chris O'Neil and John Wichell won their events today as United States swimmers captured nine more medals, including a third for Angel Myers, at the Goodwill Games.

The day's competition gave the United States swimmers a total of 25 medals, including six gold, in two days.

The Soviet Union also collected nine medals today, including two golds, for a total of 20 medals, with seven of them gold.

O'Neil, a fifth-year senior at Texas A&M, led a 1-2 United States finish in the men's 100-meter butterfly. His time was 54.23 seconds. Ken Flaherty, his Southwest Conference rival from the University of Texas, was second in 54.88.

Wichell, a graduate of Stuyvesant High School in New York who is headed for Stanford University, won the men's 200-meter freestyle in 1 minute 50.17 seconds with Paul Robinson, a freshman at the University of Florida, third in 1:51.00.

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Soviet swimmers swept the first three places in the two races in which they won today, the men's 200-meter backstroke and the men's 100-meter breaststroke. Igor Polyansky, holder of the world record, captured the backstroke in 1:58.77 and Dmitri Volkov took the breast-stroke in 1:03.69.

In other events, the United States women's basketball team, led by the University of Southern California star Cheryl Miller, defeated Yugoslavia, 72-53, and Nadezhda Gumerova led a Soviet sweep of the first five places in the women's marathon.

Miss Miller, who helped the United States win the gold medal at the 1984 Olympics, led the Americans with 19 points for the game. Katrina McClain of the University of Georgia added 11, despite missing much of the game after suffering a leg injury in the first half.

In the women's marathon, Ms. Gumerova, 37, took the lead late in the race, after the early pacesetter, Yekaterina Khromenkova, faltered. Ms. Gumerova finished the 26-mile 385-yard endurance test in 2 hours 33 minutes 35 seconds, 34 seconds ahead of Irina Bogachova.

Katy Schilly Laetsch of Syracuse was the first American finisher, placing sixth. Maureen Custy of Denver was seventh.

A version of this article appears in print on July 6, 1986, on Page 5005007 of the National edition with the headline: GOODWILL GAMES; O'Neil, Wichell Win. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe